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domingo, 28 de diciembre de 2014

UFC en Directo: Notas recientes de la UFC

UFC® ANNOUNCES
KEN BERGER AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF ASIA

Singapore – The UFC® today
announced the appointment of Kenneth K. Berger as its Executive Vice President and General Manager of Asia.Berger,
49, has a proven track record of business success throughout Asia,
having worked across the region for the last 25 years. With an MBA from
Thunderbird, American
School of International Management, Berger went on to build his career
at International Management Group (IMG), where he held the position of
International Vice President Asia. His responsibilities at IMG included
managing the licensing division in South East
Asia, and then Japan, where he developed a variety of licensing
programmes including Major League Baseball (MLB), Wimbledon, Arnold
Palmer and the British Open.Berger
later made the move to ISL Marketing as their Managing Director, Japan
and then to FIFA Marketing, where he headed the FIFA World Cup marketing
and event services
operations. After successfully delivering the marketing rights of the
2002 FIFA World Cup, he launched his own successful sports agency,
Sports Marketing Japan (SMJ). For seven years SMJ worked as a licensee
for globally renowned sports properties in developing
branded mobile and pc sites in Japan for Serie A, NBA, NFL, PGA Tour,
LPGA, UFC and ESPN.In 2009, SMJ was acquired by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Japan’s largest entertainment production entity and talent agency.On
the appointment, UFC Chief Global Brand Officer Garry Cook said: “The
UFC welcomes a leader like Ken to drive increased brand growth in Asia
and take the sport and
the UFC to the next level. The next twelve months will see UFC enter
new markets, develop a more robust local roster of fighters and host
several world class events in Asia and we are confident in the
developments and successes that Ken will bring.”Ken
Berger added: “I feel honored to be joining the UFC. Mixed martial arts
is the world’s fastest growing sport and Asia is its birthplace, which
puts me in a very special
position. I am hugely excited to be part of such a dynamic industry,
and I am looking forward to helping the sport grow in this part of the
world. The international stage is an important piece of UFC’s success,
together with our talented and committed staff
and athletes, we will help to scale MMA across Asia.”

TSN, RDS AND FIGHT NETWORK BECOME THE NEW CANADIAN HOME FOR UFC®
CONTENT IN MULTI-YEAR MEDIA DEAL

BELL
MEDIA’S TSN AND RDS TO PARTNER WITH FIGHT NETWORK TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL
CONTENT, BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS

Bell
Media’s TSN and RDS will deliver a slate of marquee UFC programming to
fans across multiple platforms, including major live events, preliminary
fights of UFC Pay-Per-View events,
UFC Fight Night™ events, and The Ultimate Fighter® series.

Fight Network will broadcast all UFC Fight Night™ events from around the world as well as preliminary bouts for domestic non-Pay-Per-View cards.

TSN
and RDS will partner with Fight Network to produce an original live
pre-fight program before Pay-Per-View events that will air on Canada’s
#1 sports networks. Additional shoulder programming
will air across TSN’s suite of five national feeds, giving UFC fans
more access to programming than ever before.

As
part of the partnership, TSN, RDS and Fight Network will work together
to provide effective sales and marketing of UFC broadcasts in Canada.

“We
are excited to join forces with TSN and RDS to provide UFC’s
one-of-a-kind content in English and French, through two of Canada’s
most-watched specialty
channels. On top of that, we have an agreement with Fight Network that
will perfectly complement this coverage,” said Tom Wright, UFC Managing
Director, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. “This is a huge win for
Canadian UFC fans as they will have more content
on broadcast television than ever before.”

“UFC
is a marquee international property with a loyal and engaged Canadian
fan base. UFC content and support programming will be a tremendous
addition to our slate of championship
events,” said Shawn Redmond, Vice-President of Programming
and Marketing, TSN. “We are also looking forward to working with Fight
Network to showcase original UFC content across our suite of five
feeds.”

“We
are thrilled to be entering into this prestigious multimedia
partnership with UFC and Bell Media’s TSN and RDS, and we look forward
to working with our colleagues
to grow the UFC’s already significant fan base in Canada as well as
helping to build the sport of mixed martial arts at the grassroots
level,” said Leonard Asper, CEO, Fight Network.

Additional
UFC programming will launch on TSN and RDS in early 2015 and includes
UFC NOW, UFC UNLEASHED, UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER, UFC COUNTDOWN, ROAD TO THE
OCTAGON,
event weigh-ins and press conferences.

In
addition to its live coverage, Fight Network will be producing live
pre-fight programming, live coverage of press conferences and weigh-ins,
post-fight analysis, as well as library
programming highlighting UFC’s finest fighters and moments leading up
to today.

UFC® 182: JONES vs. CORMIER

MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL

Monday, December 29, 2014 – 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET

Las Vegas
– The UFC® will host a
media conference call with the main event stars of UFC®182: JONES vs. CORMIER on
Monday, December 29 at 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET. UFC light heavyweight champion
Jon Jones and No. 2 contender
Daniel Cormierwill settle their differences in a five-round main event championship bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 3.

UFC®182: JONES vs. CORMIER, presented by Bud Light,
will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV,
iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on BellTV,
Shaw Communications, Sasktel and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested
retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for
Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High-Definition.